Nehemiah 5:4 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And there are who are saying, `We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields, and our vineyards;

English ASV

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the kings tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.

English Amplified

Others said, We have borrowed money on our fields and vineyards to pay the [Persian] king's heavy tax.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Others said, We have borrowed money on our fields and vineyards to pay the [Persian] king's heavy tax.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;

English EASY 2024

Some other people said, ‘We have to pay taxes to the king for our fields and our vineyards. People had to lend us money to pay the taxes.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

And still other people were saying, "We have to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards. But we cannot afford to pay, so we are borrowing money to pay the tax.

And there were those who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Still others said, “We had to borrow money to pay the royal tax on our fields and vineyards.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Others said, "We've had to borrow money to pay the king's taxes on our fields and vineyards.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Still others were saying, "We have borrowed money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.

English KJV 1611

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

English LSB

Also there were those who were saying, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute against the value of our fields and vineyards.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Also there were those who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Still others said: "To pay the king's tax we have borrowed money on our fields and our vineyards.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Then there were those who said, “We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king on our fields and our vineyards.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Still others were saying, "We've had to borrow money. We needed it to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.

English NIV

Still others were saying, "We have had to borrow money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.

English NKJ 1982

There were also those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our lands and vineyards.

English NLT

And others said, "We have already borrowed to the limit on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

And there were those who said, "We are having to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the king's tax.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king's tax upon our fields and our vineyards.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

and some couldn't even do that, for they already had borrowed to the limit to pay their taxes.

English Tyndale 1537

But some said: let us borrow money of the king's tribute(upon usury) for our lands and vineyards.

Nehemiah 5:4 — Compare Translations